heia

See also: Heia

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

hēia

  1. aha! come now! come on! (expressing delight, playful remonstrance, encouragement)
  2. you don't say?

References

  • heia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • heia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • heia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • heia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Compare with Swedish heja

Interjection

heia

  1. Encouraging shout used in competitions to spur the athletes on.
    • "Heia! heia! heia!"
    • "Heia Norge!
      • "Go Norway!"
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

heia n (definite singular heiaet, indefinite plural heiaer, definite plural heiaene)

  1. A shout of "heia!"
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

heia m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of hei

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

Verb

heia

  1. simple past of heie
  2. past participle of heie

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Compare with Swedish heja

Interjection

heia

  1. Encouraging shout used in competitions to spur the athletes on.
    • "Heia! heia! heia!"
    • "Heia Noreg!
      • "Go Norway!"
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

heia f

  1. definite singular of hei

References

Shebayo

Noun

heia

  1. father

References

  • Douglas MacRae Taylor, Languages of the West Indies (1977), page 15: "The Shebayo list, taken from De Laet's Novus Orbis, is [...] heia (heja) 'pater', hamma 'mater', [...]"
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